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Name these blooms

18 replies

Littleguggi · 21/04/2020 16:37

So I've recently moved house and we have so many plants in our garden, I have no idea what they are called. Here are a few of them, can anyone name them?

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Littleguggi · 21/04/2020 16:38

Few more

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Tartyflette · 21/04/2020 16:41
  1. Are not blooms but new leaves/growth i think. We have a lot of this in our garden but sorry, can't remember what it's called.
2.could be cherry Or plum blossom. 3.Bluebells!
Knittedfairies · 21/04/2020 16:42

Spurge, lilac and bluebell. Spurge ( euphorbia) sap can cause irritation or burning, so be careful.

reallifegetsintheway2 · 21/04/2020 16:42

1st pink - is a lilac tree (syringa)
purple bluebell - not sure if English or Spanish

2nd pink - camellia
Don't know lime green one

Lefkosia · 21/04/2020 16:43

Pink one might be camellia?

Boogiewoogietoo · 21/04/2020 16:44
  1. Not sure, 2. Lilac, 3. Bluebell, 4. Camilla?
MintToBee · 21/04/2020 16:45

Think the blue one is an Agapanthus.
Reddy pink last one is possibly a Camellia.

FoolsAssassin · 21/04/2020 16:45

Euphoria
Lilac
Bluebell
Camellia

Boogiewoogietoo · 21/04/2020 16:45

*camellia

7Days · 21/04/2020 16:45

First one is spurge or euphorbia. You can get wils types or cultivated. The sap can be irritating.

2nd is lilac

3rd is bluebell

4 th is camellia

Take that with a pinch of salt, but I think that's right

Tartyflette · 21/04/2020 16:46

No.4 looks like a camellia.
Image search brings up a garden rose but the foliage is wrong for a rose and it's a little early for most roses to be in flower, (altho a little late for camellias too! )

Tartyflette · 21/04/2020 16:48

Q is euphorbia, be careful when you cut it back as the sap can burn and mark you, especially in strong sunlight.

Tartyflette · 21/04/2020 16:49

.... That should be No.1, not Q

apricotdreams · 21/04/2020 16:51

It's definitely
Euphorbia
Lilac
Bluebell
Camelia

apricotdreams · 21/04/2020 16:53

Lucky you having an established gardenSmile

yamadori · 21/04/2020 16:53

That bluebell is sadly not the native one, but is the invasive nasty, the Spanish bluebell - they are hybridising with the native ones and threatening the population. Please can I ask that you dig that up and get rid of it? Please???!

1 Euphorbia
2 lilac
3 Spanish bluebell
4 camellia

Littleguggi · 21/04/2020 17:32

Wow thank you all so much for your responses! I really do appreciate it, as well as the advice around euphorbia and Spanish bluebells! I will take these on board!

@apricotdreams, thank you but a bit too established for me! Being a first time homeowner and having no knowledge in gardening at all, it's quite overwhelming!

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MereDintofPandiculation · 21/04/2020 22:00

That bluebell is sadly not the native one, but is the invasive nasty, the Spanish bluebell Not the Spanish which is rarely seen in the UK, but the hybrid with the Spanish, which in turn can hybridise with the natives.

The Euphorbia looks like Wood Spurge, E, amygdaloides. It is indeed in flower. The yellowy green bits are bracts (modified leaves) surrounding the tiny flowers. So yes, they are blooms in the loosest sense of the word. Quite a lot of plants have bracts surrounding the flowers instead of showy petals - all the herbaceous Euphorbias including Poinsettias, Hydrangeas, some of the Viburnums (eg the "snowball tree" Viburnum opulus v sterilis), some of the Cornus.

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